Actually, The Atlantic has been doing great articles on urban issues for years. But now they have a new web site just on urban regions:
With this new site, we aim to do four things. First, we want to offer reported features that tell great stories about where cities are today, where they’ve been,
and where they’re heading.
Second, we want to deliver short, authoritative takes on the latest news and events happening in cities across the globe.
Third, we want to gather the smartest thinkers and researchers in urbanism, anchored by the innovative work of Atlantic senior editor and Atlantic Cities godfather Richard Florida, to facilitate a bigger-picture, ideas-based conversation with our readers.
And fourth, we want to use a variety of media, from charts and maps to photos, video and text, to tell these stories.
Bonus point if you can identitfy the city model they use as illustration, curiously unidentified.
Your hover alt-text rather gives the game away!
Is it Shanghai?
Is it Shanghai?
Interesting webpage that the Atlantic has setup.
I checked out their 25 Most Economically Powerful Cities article and was somewhat surprised to find Vancouver in 20th (just behind Montreal) and ahead of Shanghai.
We’re also the only city on the West Coast of North America to make the list. Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles don’t even register in the top 25.
Hah glad I didn’t hover my cursor above the image. Yes, it is Shanghai.
I have been to this model….. how they love their scaled models in China. This one takes up most of the room and takes 5 minutes to walk around